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Mozilla Firefox 3.05 Updates User RightsOpen in New Window
"The change addresses criticism from the free and open source software community that Mozilla was asserting rights through the Firefox EULA that were incompatible with the GPL." read more »
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Free Software Foundation Sues Cisco Over GPLOpen in New Window
"The group's complaint alleges that Cisco is in violation of the General Public License by not making source code to some Linksys products available to customers."<br /> read more »
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Free Software Foundation lawsuit against Cisco a firstOpen in New Window
"The Free Software Foundation has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Cisco alleging that the company failed to fulfill its obligations under the General Public License when distributing. read more »
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Ed Burnette Open Letter to Linus Torvalds on GPL.Open in New Window
Ed Burnette isn't happy with GPLv2 nor GPLv3. He feels that the carrying of a political agenda within the license agreement undermines the purpose of the license. He writes an open letter to Linus T read more »
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McAfee throws some FUD at the GPL.Open in New Window
Egan Orion over at The Inquirer reports on McAfee's recent announcement to investors which seems to indicate that McAfee uses open source, doesn't properly understand open source licensing, and is read more »
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Software Freedom Law Center goes after Verizon over GPL.Open in New Window
The Software Freedom Law Center is taking Verizon to court on behalf of open source developers behind BusyBox. Verizon's FiOS offerings use Actiontec wireless routers which have BusyBox installed. T read more »
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Settlement reached in Busybox-Monsoon GPL caseOpen in New Window
A settlement has been reached in the case of Busybox (actually two developers) versus Monsoon. Monsoon was utilizing Busybox software licensed under the GPL without the appropriate disclosures. read more »
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First US GPL case is not settledOpen in New Window
Yesterday it was reported that Monsoon Media and the developers of BusyBox where close to an out-of-court settlement over Monsoon's failure to utilize the BusyBox software in accordance with the ter read more »
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